# List of Scottish Cup winning managers

This is a list of Scottish Cup winning football managers. The Scottish Cup was first competed for in the 1873–74 season. Football in Scotland did not become a professional sport until the 1890s. This meant that clubs in this early period were generally organised by a management committee, or a board of directors if the club had been incorporated. The position of team manager was not introduced in Scottish football until the 1890s, or even later in some instances.
Willie Maley, with Celtic in 1899, was the first team manager to win the competition. This list gives details of the winning club and their manager in each season since then. Maley is also the most successful manager in the history of the competition, winning 14 Scottish Cups during his long tenure.

## Winning managers

| Final | Manager | Nationality | Club |
| 1899 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1900 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1901 | — | — | Heart of Midlothian |
| 1902 | Dan McMichael | Ireland | Hibernian |
| 1903 | William Wilton | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1904 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1905 | Samuel Wyllie | Scotland | Third Lanark |
| 1906 | William Waugh | Scotland | Heart of Midlothian |
| 1907 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1908 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1909 | — | — | — |
| 1910 | Willie Wallace | Scotland | Dundee |
| 1911 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1912 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1913 | Willie Nicol | Scotland | Falkirk |
| 1914 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1920 | Hugh Spence | Scotland | Kilmarnock |
| 1921 | George Easton | Scotland | Partick Thistle |
| 1922 | Bob Cochrane | Scotland | Greenock Morton |
| 1923 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1924 | Willie Orr | Scotland | Airdrieonians |
| 1925 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1926 | Johnny Cochrane | Scotland | St Mirren |
| 1927 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1928 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1929 | Hugh Spence | Scotland | Kilmarnock |
| 1930 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1931 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1932 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1933 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1934 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1935 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1936 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1937 | Willie Maley | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1938 | David McLean | Scotland | East Fife |
| 1939 | Paddy Travers | Scotland | Clyde |
| 1947 | Dave Halliday | Scotland | Aberdeen |
| 1948 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1949 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1950 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1951 | Jimmy McGrory | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1952 | George Stevenson | Scotland | Motherwell |
| 1953 | Bill Struth | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1954 | Jimmy McGrory | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1955 | Paddy Travers | Scotland | Clyde |
| 1956 | Tommy Walker | Scotland | Heart of Midlothian |
| 1957 | Reg Smith | England | Falkirk |
| 1958 | Johnny Haddow | Scotland | Clyde |
| 1959 | Willie Reid | Scotland | St Mirren |
| 1960 | Scot Symon | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1961 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1962 | Scot Symon | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1963 | Scot Symon | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1964 | Scot Symon | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1965 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1966 | Scot Symon | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1967 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1968 | George Farm | Scotland | Dunfermline Athletic |
| 1969 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1970 | Eddie Turnbull | Scotland | Aberdeen |
| 1971 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1972 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1973 | Jock Wallace, Jr. | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1974 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1975 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1976 | Jock Wallace, Jr. | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1977 | Jock Stein | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1978 | Jock Wallace, Jr. | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1979 | John Greig | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1980 | Billy McNeill | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1981 | John Greig | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1982 | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | Aberdeen |
| 1983 | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | Aberdeen |
| 1984 | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | Aberdeen |
| 1985 | David Hay | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1986 | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | Aberdeen |
| 1987 | Alex Smith | Scotland | St Mirren |
| 1988 | Billy McNeill | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1989 | Billy McNeill | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1990 | Alex Smith and Jocky Scott | Scotland | Aberdeen |
| 1991 | Tommy McLean | Scotland | Motherwell |
| 1992 | Walter Smith | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1993 | Walter Smith | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1994 | Ivan Golac | Yugoslavia | Dundee United |
| 1995 | Tommy Burns | Scotland | Celtic |
| 1996 | Walter Smith | Scotland | Rangers |
| 1997 | Bobby Williamson | Scotland | Kilmarnock |
| 1998 | Jim Jefferies | Scotland | Heart of Midlothian |
| 1999 | Dick Advocaat | Netherlands | Rangers |
| 2000 | Dick Advocaat | Netherlands | Rangers |
| 2001 | Martin O'Neill | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2002 | Alex McLeish | Scotland | Rangers |
| 2003 | Alex McLeish | Scotland | Rangers |
| 2004 | Martin O'Neill | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2005 | Martin O'Neill | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2006 | Valdas Ivanauskas | Lithuania | Heart of Midlothian |
| 2007 | Gordon Strachan | Scotland | Celtic |
| 2008 | Walter Smith | Scotland | Rangers |
| 2009 | Walter Smith | Scotland | Rangers |
| 2010 | Peter Houston | Scotland | Dundee United |
| 2011 | Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2012 | Paulo Sérgio | Portugal | Heart of Midlothian |
| 2013 | Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2014 | Tommy Wright | Northern Ireland | St Johnstone |
| 2015 | John Hughes | Scotland | Inverness Caledonian Thistle |
| 2016 | Alan Stubbs | England | Hibernian |
| 2017 | Brendan Rodgers | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2018 | Brendan Rodgers | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2019 | Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2020 | Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | Celtic |
| 2021 | Callum Davidson | Scotland | St Johnstone |
| 2022 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Netherlands | Rangers |
| 2023 | Ange Postecoglou | Australia | Celtic |
| 2024 | Brendan Rodgers | Northern Ireland | Celtic |

### By individual

| Rank | Name | Wins | Club(s) | Winning Years |
| 1 | Willie Maley | 14 | Celtic | 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937 |
| 2 | Bill Struth | 10 | Rangers | 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953 |
| 3 | Jock Stein | 9 | Dunfermline Athletic, Celtic | 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 |
| 4 | Walter Smith | 5 | Rangers | 1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2009 |
| = | Scot Symon | 5 | Rangers | 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966 |
| 6 | Alex Ferguson | 4 | Aberdeen | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 |
| = | Neil Lennon | 4 | Celtic | 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020 |
| 8 | Billy McNeill | 3 | Celtic | 1980, 1988, 1989 |
| = | Brendan Rodgers | 3 | Celtic | 2017, 2018, 2024 |
| = | Martin O'Neill | 3 | Celtic | 2001, 2004, 2005 |
| = | Jock Wallace, Jr. | 3 | Rangers | 1973, 1976, 1978 |
| 11 | Dick Advocaat | 2 | Rangers | 1999, 2000 |
| = | John Greig | 2 | Rangers | 1979, 1981 |
| = | Jimmy McGrory | 2 | Celtic | 1951, 1954 |
| = | Alex McLeish | 2 | Rangers | 2002, 2003 |
| = | Alex Smith | 2 | St Mirren, Aberdeen | 1987, 1990 |
| = | Hugh Spence | 2 | Kilmarnock | 1920, 1929 |
| = | Paddy Travers | 2 | Clyde | 1939, 1955 |

### By nationality

| Country | Managers | Total |
| Scotland | 40 | 91 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 11 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 3 |
| England | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 |